An average movie

Even though I had some low expectations concerning this movie since I have a weak spot for the actors involved, I thought I should give it a try anyway. When ‘Le Diner de Cons’, the original version, was released, I was still living in France and it was a huge success there. However, since it sounded like a really stupid movie and since there was a big annoying hype around this flick, I avoided it for a couple of years. Still, at some point, I finally saw it and, I must admit it, it was actually pretty good. Anyway, it is quite common that Hollywood remakes those successful French comedies but, usually, the end result is pretty disappointing and this movie was not an exception, I’m afraid. The weird thing is that, while watching this remake, you wonder how they could mess it up with such a stellar cast (Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis)?!? First of all, the tone was just wrong. Indeed, during the whole thing they try to convince you that the 2 main characters are actually not that bad but that’s not the point here. We don’t give a damn that they are actually nice, one should be a really stupid moron and the other one should be a really mean douche bag, that’s the whole point of this story. Above all, I thought the whole thing was just terribly unfunny. I don’t know, there was maybe one or two funny jokes, seriously. To conclude, it could have been awesome but it ended up being a terrible waste of talent and, eventually, it is not worth a look whatsoever.

5/10